I am a mom to two great kids. DS21 and DD17 as well as 2 dogs - Belle 4yo and Rani 3yo keep me busy. I also babysit for my sister and she has 2 great kids that are 10yo and 4yo, they are so much fun. But as you can see my house a zoo. I will be documenting my life over the next year for a number of reasons but mostly for fun.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

No buy March

I had declared March a no buy month when I could not fit another thing in any of my 3 freezers.So far I have done very well. DH truck needed a new ball joint, thank goodness he's a mechanic we applied that $75.00 to the household budget. I have picked up things that we need like milk, bread, fresh fruit and veggies that totaled around $30.00. Then over the weekend DS19 and I went out to get him somethings to eat while DD14 and I are out of town. That was another $30.00 for frozen chicken nuggets, mini tacos, quesadillas and ravioli.The rest has been freebies at Walgreens. I use coupons, Register Rewards and my Gift Card so no money out of pocket there.Then on Sunday we went to buy a spreader for the yard as well as a blueberry bush. While we were there we picked up grub killer, we are hoping to get rid of the moles in our yard by getting rid of their food source. We also found on clearance some organic potting soil and ant spray. That little trip cost us $91.00 but we got what we needed to get started on spring planting.

Total for the month $500- 75.00 - 30 -30 -91 = 274.00 so I will have money for the savings account in March.DD and I leave in 3 days for WDW. I have a number of GC for disney that we will use for all our food and expenses on the way. I will also leave a little cash and a grocery GC for my son incase he needs anything.